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How I Got Back at My Mother-in-Law’s Cooking Critiques<\/strong><\/p>\n I can\u2019t help but laugh as I write this, but here\u2019s what happened with my mother-in-law. She\u2019s not a bad person, but she definitely took things a bit far. We live near my in-laws, so we see each other a lot, and like most families, we have our routines. My husband and I share household chores\u2014 I cook, he cleans. It works well since I enjoy cooking and, frankly, I\u2019m better at it.<\/p>\n Everyone loves my food… except my MIL. She critiques every dish, suggesting more cream, less salt, different cooking times. The worst part? She claims my food is too “spicy” and “flavorful.”<\/p>\n The tipping point was my birthday. I went all out cooking a fantastic meal, but my MIL said nothing. Instead, she gave me a \u201cgift\u201d\u2014a handwritten book with notes on how I could \u201cimprove\u201d every dish I make. I smiled and thanked her, but inside I was fuming.<\/p>\n The next time I cooked, I followed her instructions exactly\u2014ingredients, measurements, everything. The result was bland and awful. When my brother-in-law noticed, I proudly explained I was following my MIL\u2019s recipe book. The table burst into laughter, and my MIL turned bright red. After a few more rounds of this, the book mysteriously disappeared.<\/p>\n Since then, my MIL has stopped critiquing my cooking and now praises it instead. My husband thinks it was genius.<\/p>\n Now, I\u2019m wondering if I should apologize or just let it go.<\/p>\n Love, How I Got Back at My Mother-in-Law’s Cooking Critiques I can\u2019t help but laugh as I write this, but here\u2019s what happened with my mother-in-law. She\u2019s not a bad person, but she definitely took things a bit far. We live near my in-laws, so we see each other a lot, and like most families, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3766,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions\/3766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCarol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"